February 2025

In February's Issue:

FAME Focus

Promotion Resources

Member Spotlight

FAME Events

Feb 13 - Assumptions About Learning in Designing Education Systems

Feb 19 - Conducting A Scoping Review of the Literature: Guidance for Medical Educators

Looking Forward | March FAME Events

Previous Session Recordings

Approaching Deadlines

Feb 21 - TLM Editorial Internship Now Accepting Applications

Feb 23 - The Call for Proposals for TEACHx 2025 is Now Open

Feb 26 - AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Award 2025

Mar 3-5 - Designing and Implementing Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curricula

FAME Focus

Promotion Resources

FAME GUIDE TO GETTING PROMOTED

Elevate Your Academic Career with FAME's Promotion Resources

Are you aiming to advance your academic career within the Clinician-Educator (CE) track?

Seek Personalized Guidance

Feinberg faculty can request a FAME promotion advisor or join a peer group for accountability to navigate the promotion process effectively.

Member Spotlight

We invite FAME members who have recently published research in the field of medical education or delivered presentations on new advancements and innovations in medical education to be featured in our Member Highlight section of the newsletter.

If you have any notable achievements you would like to share, please submit them to FAME@northwestern.edu for consideration.

The Expanding Role of Designated Institutional Officials in Graduate Medical Education

Berns, J.S., Goldstein, J.L., Hartmann, D.M., Simons, K., Opas, L.

Academic Medicine, art. no. 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005922.

View Full Article Here

FAME Events

Learning Objectives

Zoom Link

Post Event Survey

TIME Lecture Series

Thursday February 13, 12:00 - 1:00PM

Peeling Back the Layers: Examining Our Assumptions About Learning in Education Practice and Research

Speaker:

Douglas P. Larsen, M.D., M.Ed.

Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics

Vice Chair for Education, Department of Neurology

Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital

Education Scholarship Series

Wednesday February 19, 12:00 - 1:00PM

Conducting A Scoping Review of the Literature: Guidance for Medical Educators

Speaker:

Rebecca Williams, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Surgery (Surgical Oncology)

CLICK TO REGISTER

** CME & CEU credit are available for FAME Education Scholarship and TIME Lecture Series in February 2025. **

Looking Forward|March Events

March 13 at 12:00pm - TIME Lecture

Fairness and Equity in Learner Assessment.

Speaker: Nora Y. Osman, MD

March 19 at 12:00pm - Education Scholarship Session

Topic: Generalizability Theory

Speaker: Christopher Mattson, MD

Previous Session Recordings

TIME Lecture	Education Scholarship
Cognitive Load Theory to Create PowerPoint Slides that Engage Rather Than Overwhelm	Assessment of Health Equity in Education Scholarship: Expansion of Glassick's Criteria
Reinvigorating the Bedside Clinical Encounter	Assessment and Validity: A Primer for Simulationists

Visit the FAME Video Archives to view all previous content

Approaching Deadlines

TLM Editorial Internship Now Accepting Applications

SIU Teaching and Learning in Medicine is now seeking applications to their 2025-2027 editorial internship program.

Please see the program description here.

The MS Word application may be found here.

Applications Due: February 21, 2025

Call for Proposals for TEACHx 2025 is Now Open

Presentation proposals for TEACHx, Northwestern's annual celebration of teaching and learning with technology, are now being accepted. The 2025 conference will return to the Norris University Center in Evanston on May 21–22.

Click here for more information.

Proposal Deadline: February 23, 2025

Call for Nominations: AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Award 2025

The AMA is seeking nominations for the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Award. The recipient will receive a $2,500 award that will be presented during the AMA ChangeMedEd 2025 national conference in Chicago, Sept. 11 – 13.

Click here for more information.

Nomination Deadline: February 26, 6PM CST

Designing and Implementing Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curricula

Join Northwestern Simulation’s Designing and Implementing Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curricula course in Chicago from March 3-5, 2025. Gain hands-on experience in both procedural skills and communication training to transform your approach to simulation education.

The application portal can be found here.

Click here for more information.

Upcoming Class: March 3-5, 2025

** February 2025 CME Disclosure Information **

Credit Designation Statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement

Drs. Larsen and Williams have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. Course director Dr. Mary McBride has disclosed ongoing financial relationships with the following entity: American Heart Association (consulting fee). FSM’s CME Leadership, Review Committee, and Staff have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. All the relevant financial relationships for this/these individual(s) have been mitigated.

Accreditation Statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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